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Hardiness: zone 4-9

Apios Americana or Hopniss

Perennial tuberous leguminous vine. A staple crop for eastern NA native people for millenia. Can make decent sized tubers in one year, but best planted as a perennial and harvested on a cycle, not removing all the tubers. Tastes like a peanuty potato when cooked, starchy and good. The flowers and the leaves are also edible. Needs something to climb, as the vines cannot support themselves. Dies back down to the ground in winter, to emerge again with warm weather in the spring. Flowers late in the season, offering nectar at a time where nectar sources are rare.

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Hardiness: zone 4-9

Apios Americana or Hopniss

Perennial tuberous leguminous vine. A staple crop for eastern NA native people for millenia. Can make decent sized tubers in one year, but best planted as a perennial and harvested on a cycle, not removing all the tubers. Tastes like a peanuty potato when cooked, starchy and good. The flowers and the leaves are also edible. Needs something to climb, as the vines cannot support themselves. Dies back down to the ground in winter, to emerge again with warm weather in the spring. Flowers late in the season, offering nectar at a time where nectar sources are rare.

Hardiness: zone 4-9

Apios Americana or Hopniss

Perennial tuberous leguminous vine. A staple crop for eastern NA native people for millenia. Can make decent sized tubers in one year, but best planted as a perennial and harvested on a cycle, not removing all the tubers. Tastes like a peanuty potato when cooked, starchy and good. The flowers and the leaves are also edible. Needs something to climb, as the vines cannot support themselves. Dies back down to the ground in winter, to emerge again with warm weather in the spring. Flowers late in the season, offering nectar at a time where nectar sources are rare.